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June 29, 2005 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awarded the District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC) $45,000 over two years to support its new program to develop curators. Under the program up to eight established curators will be selected to mount exhibitions at DCAC while mentoring an apprentice curator, who will in turn, have the opportunity to create an exhibit at DCAC. As a key element of curation, there are exhibition catalogues and discussions around the exhibitions. The majority of the funds go directly to the artists and curators themselves. For four exhibitions per year, DCAC gives the artist a stipend for exhibiting, another stipend for materials and preparation. The curator receives a stipend, and the discussion facilitator also receives a stipend. Also included in the funds are costs associated with design and printing of the catalogue and publicity materials. Only a fraction of the grant actually covers operating expenses, and not every exhibition at DCAC will fall under this program. "DCAC has supported new and emerging artists for 15 years, and thanks to this grant we can actually support these artists financially, even if only through a stipend," says DCAC director, B. Stanley. "It's just getting more and more expensive for artists to mount shows, and I hope we start a trend towards other galleries paying artists to present, even if they don't sell."
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